Help. My dog has been stung by bees.

[fanfan]

My dog was stung by 20 or more bees.

What do I do?

[thesearethetimes...]

Oh! So glad to hear that all is well! That was very scary!

Ya’ll take care,
Tatt

[ican'tbelieveit]

Good news on the dog. That is a lot of stings. My dogs get stung from time to time, but never that much. Anyway, your pic is a bee.

A yellowjacket is a wasp:

[fanfan]

Thanks, you too.

[grellis]

Glad to read your pooch is doing well. Situations like that can be completely unnerving.

I just have two bits to add, both regarding bees: When a bee stings, it leaves behind its stinger, which is loaded with pheremones. These act as a warning signal to other bees--essentially, it marks the victim (in this case, your dog) as a dangerous enemy. Other bees pick up the scent of the pheremone and "storm the castle." That's why your dog had multiple stings.

Even on a relatively hairless creature like a human, it is difficult to find a stinger, let alone multiple stingers. On a dog, this is impossible. Make sure you give pooch a very deep shampooh, followed by a thorough brushing.

One other thing about bees: They are at their most dangerous in the spring and fall. Something about cool nighttime temps makes them sluggish, both physically and instinctively. It is not uncommon to find all kinds of bees--honey, bumble, hornet, wasp, whatever--flying slowly and aimlessly or even just walking around on the ground during spring or fall. They are also more prone to overreact these times of year. Their instincts just kind of go haywire, and they react to just about anything as a threat. Your dog probably didn't do anything out of the ordinary, anything to provoke the attack--he was prolly just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[fanfan]

Thanks.
Do they nest in the ground as well?

[IMissPresidentReagan]

Thanks for the update and I’m thankful to hear that your doggie is okay. I’ve had so many “scares” while my husband rolls his eyes. (My vet has always said he wants to go back and be a pediatrician, but he’s decided to put it off until after I have children. *L*). There’s nothing scarier than an event like this and once again, I’m glad everything turned out good!

[xcamel]

Great to hear.

[fanfan]

I gave him a long shower, and brushing yesterday, but without soap.

We will give him a shower with soap today.

Thanks!

[fanfan]

(My vet has always said he wants to go back and be a pediatrician, but he’s decided to put it off until after I have children. *L*)

LOL!

[Tax-chick]

Good morning. Good news!

[DollyCali]

between Sarah in Florida & the NFL I missed this completely

How scary & I am glad your pooch is okay & the methods suggested here by FReeper FRiends helped

My we love our furry friends SO much!

[SwankyC]

My dog loves to chase insects, bees included. He’s been stung around the mouth more times than I can count, but he keeps doing it. It doesn’t seem to effect him in any way after the immediate shaking of his head trying to spit it out.

[fanfan]

Good morning!

FReepers were invaluable!

Thanks so much.

[MissyMa]

I am glad to see your dog is going better today.

Thanks for the update

[bert]

I cannot identify the creature for certain but the abdomen seems to be the shape of a bee rather than a yellow jacket. It might be a hornet, can’t tell for certain.

My guess is a domestic honeybee, midnight Caucasian race. This race is smaller and darker than the Golden Italian race that is frequently shown in photographs and is a much lighter honey color with bands. The Caucasian appears black.

A hornet can also be small and dark and the ones here have white faces.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Yes, they certainly can. My son mows grass, started this past summer. And my friend mentioned to me to have him watch for bee nests in the ground; they get very upset if you stir up their nests. And sure enough, he says he runs over them periodically, but none have swarmed him yet.

http://gocb.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/mating-ground-bees-on-upper-flat-march-25-2007/

[LucyJo]

So glad to hear your dog is ok!

Love his name, btw. : )

[Monkey Face]

I haven’t read all the posts, but, FYI, if it’s a bee, you may see a thin strip of “white stuff” where the stinger would be. That’s the bee’s innards. When it stings something, it not only leaves its stinger in the wound, but it literally kills itself by stinging, as the innards come out with the stinger. Usually, if it’s a bee, you’ll find it’s little bee corpse nearby.

A wasp or yellow jacket has a retractable stinger, which is why is can sting numerous times and not die from it. And they’ll take off so they can attack from a different direction.

If I’m repeating what someone else has said, tough. *snicker*

[fanfan]

Yes, I’m pretty sure they were bees.

We have hornets, but they are much larger.

[fanfan]

Good to know.